Gough spoke to producer and casting director Marci Liroff’s Audition Bootcamp class about his concurrent series, being in the room with the actor, and the secret lines in sides that may earn you the job.

The former “Ghostbuster” and television mainstay is back on screens this spring as a love interest for Lily Tomlin on Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie.” He talks to Backstage about shoveling dirt, laughing with his costars, and going to Yale with Meryl Streep.